Novel Aspects of Diamond From Growth to Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yang, Nianjun (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 121
• Subjects: Materials science.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Semiconductors.; Physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Applied and Technical Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.

This book focuses on new research fields of diamond, from its growth to applications. It covers growth of atomically flat diamond films, properties and applications of diamond nanoparticles, diamond nanoparticles based electrodes and their applications for energy storage and conversion (supercapacit...

Table of Contents:

• Homoepitaxial Diamond Growth by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
• Diamond/β-SiC Composite Thin Films: Preparation, Properties and Applications
• Surface Chemistry of Diamond
• Surface Modifications of Nanodiamonds and Current Issues for Their Biomedical Applications
• Diamond Nanowires: Fabrication, Structure, Properties and Applications
• Nanoparticle-Based Diamond Electrodes
• Modified Diamond Electrodes for Electrochemical Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage
• Diamond PN/PIN Diode Type Electron Emitter with Negative Electron Affinity and its Potential for the High Voltage Vacuum Power Switch
• Diamond Ultramicro- and Nano- Electrode Arrays
• Advances in Electrochemical Biosensing Using Boron Doped Diamond Microelectrode.